News Flashes / Press releases

11 February 2015Council of Europe’s Anti-corruption
group invites Lithuania to focus on a proper
enforcement of the rules on corruption prevention among members of
parliament, judges and prosecutors (more...)
Link to the report

28 January 2015Germany
needs to improve tools for preventing corruption, according to Council of
Europe Anti-corruption Group (more...)Link to the report

Statement by Marin Mrčela, President of the Group of States against
Corruption, on the occasion of International Anti-corruption Day (more...)

21 November 2014Council of Europe supports Ireland in its
commitment to preventing corruption among members of parliament, judges
and prosecutors and to further strengthening their integrity - In a
report
on Ireland, the Council of Europe’s Group of States against corruption
(GRECO) assesses the Irish system for ensuring integrity
and preventing corruption and misconduct among members of parliament, judges
and prosecutors. (more...)

6 November 2014Council of Europe warns Slovakia on risks of corruption amongst parliamentarians, judges and prosecutors
- In a
report on
Slovakia, the Council of Europe’s Group of States against corruption
(GRECO) underscores substantial corruption risks and vulnerabilities that
parliamentarians, judges and prosecutors are prone to in the Slovak
Republic. It also points to common challenges posed by deficiencies in the
implementation of regulations on conflicts of interest and the lack of
well-articulated and enforceable codes of conduct. (more...)
28 August 2014Corruption amongst members of parliament, judges and prosecutors: Belgium must step up its action regarding integrity and transparency
- In a
report on Belgium published today, the Council of Europe Anti-Corruption Group (GRECO) calls for a reinforcement of its preventive measures concerning corruption within parliamentary and judicial institutions. (more...)

27 June 2014

GRECO urges Albania to step up corruption prevention in respect of
members of parliament, judges and prosecutors -
The Council of Europe’s Group of States against corruption (GRECO) has
published today its
Fourth Round Evaluation Report on Albania dealing with corruption
prevention in respect of members of Parliament, judges and prosecutors. (more...)

25 June 2014
Council of Europe praises Norway for its commitment to preventing corruption among members of parliament, judges and prosecutors
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In a report published today, the Council of Europe Anti-Corruption Group (GRECO) assesses positively the Norwegian system for ensuring integrity and preventing corruption and misconduct among members of parliament, judges and prosecutors.
(more...)

25 June 2014Council of Europe’s Anti-corruption Group calls on Croatia to raise public confidence in judiciary and bolster anti-corruption measures in parliament
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In a report published today, the Council of Europe anti-Corruption Group (GRECO) gives credit to the efforts made by Croatia to fight corruption in public life. However, despite the many encouraging steps taken, Croatian citizens’ trust in their key institutions remains low. This negative perception is particularly troublesome with respect to the judiciary and politicians. (more...)

19 June 2014In its
annual report, published today, the Council of Europe´s anti-corruption monitoring group GRECO expresses concern about the little progress made by a significant number of European countries in implementing its recommendations on transparency of political funding.In the report, GRECO partly attributes this situation to the political sensitivity of party and campaign funding, and to the fact that, by evaluating states in this field, GRECO´s monitoring has extended to areas beyond direct governmental control and under the influence of political parties and parliaments themselves.
(more...)

16 April 2014Council of Europe encourages Denmark to further develop its tools for preventing corruption
- Danish measures to prevent corruption among members of parliament, judges
and prosecutors appear to be quite effective in practice. However, the
current system based on trust might not always provide sufficient safeguards
against corruption risks in the future. (more...)

2 April 2014Conference on “Strengthening the capacity of parliamentarians, judges and prosecutors
to prevent corruption in their own ranks: emerging trends from two years of
GRECO Round IV evaluations” - 10-11 April 2014
International
Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA)
Muenchendorfer Strasse 2, 2361 Laxenburg, Austria -
Under the auspices of the Austrian Chairmanship of the Committee of
Ministers of the Council of Europe, this one and a half day conference will
be jointly organised by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Justice, the Group
of States against Corruption of the Council of Europe (GRECO), and the
International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA), with extra financial support
from the Government of Monaco. (more...)

17 March 2014Corruption of parliamentarians, judges and prosecutors : "the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" must reinforce prevention - In a report published today on “the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia”, the Council of Europe’s Anti-Corruption Group (GRECO) considers
insufficient and expresses concern on the effectiveness of the
implementation and enforcement of the legal framework governing the
prevention of corruption among members of Parliament, judges and
prosecutors. (more...)

26 February 2014 Council of Europe Anti-Corruption Group (GRECO) publishes its compliance report on Ukraine
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A report detailing the follow-up given to
recommendations made to Ukraine by the Council of Europe’s Group of States
against Corruption (GRECO) has just been published with the permission of
the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine. (more...)

3 February 2014Group of States against Corruption
publishes summary of its confidential report on Belarus -
The Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) today published a
summary of its Joint First and Second Round Evaluation Report on Belarus
adopted in June 2012. (more...)

27 January 2014Council of Europe invites France to
intensify reforms promoting integrity within parliament and the justice
system - In a report
released today, the Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) welcomes a series of recent reforms in the prevention of corruption in
France, but notes that important gaps remain in the rules and regulations
applicable to parliamentarians, judges and prosecutors. (more...)

15 January 2014Council of Europe anti-corruption body urges
Spain to recast public trust
in political and judicial institutions. (more...)

10 December 2013Resignation
of the Slovenian anti-corruption Commissioners
(press release)

20 November 2013

GRECO
Conference on “Gender Dimensions of Corruption” –
Prague, 13 December 2013 (more...)
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The
conference brought together 70 participants from the GRECO
member States, as well as representatives of international organisations and
civil society. (more...)

12 November 2013Sweden
encouraged to further sharpen its tools for preventing corruption (more...)

18 July 2013GRECO praised the integrity policy implemented by judges and
prosecutors in the Netherlands
(more...)

1 July 2013Council of Europe expects further progress on corruption prevention in
Luxembourg (more...)

13 June 2013GRECO

called on states to strengthen
corruption prevention concerning parliamentarians, judges and prosecutors (more...)

30 May 2013
GRECO called on
Slovenia to further develop corruption prevention concerning
members of Parliament, judges and prosecutors
(more...)

25 January 2013GRECO encouragedPoland
to pursue efforts in preventing corruption in the
parliament and the judiciary
(more...)

22 January 2013Thorbjørn Jagland: “Corruption is the biggest threat to democracy in Europe
today”Secretary
General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjørn Jagland today issued an
impassioned call for Europe to reaffirm its collective and individual
commitment to protect human rights, solidarity and democracy, but warned
that widespread corruption was undermining citizens’ trust in the rule of
law.
(more...)

8 January 2013GRECO
urges Estonia to sharpen its corruption prevention policy concerning members
of Parliament, judges and prosecutors
(more...)

2012Council of Europe publishes first report ever on fighting corruption
in Liechtenstein -
The Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), one of the Council of Europe’s
monitoring bodies established to protect democracy and the rule of law in
Europe, has just released its first report on Liechtenstein. (more...)

13 August
2012GRECO
calls for
improved anti-bribery legislation and a more transparent political funding
in the Russian Federation
(more...)

9 May 2012

GRECO called on its member
states to set up transparent systems for party and election campaign
financing. In its
annual
activity report GRECO, while acknowledging an increase in regulatory
efforts by states in this field, points out a number of shortcomings. (more...)

11 April 2012 GRECO calls on
Italy
to improve transparency in political party funding and to sanction
corruption vigorously

3 April 2012 GRECO’s first decade: some lessons to be learnt through
eight thematic articles -
GRECO published a
compendium on the themes that have been dealt with over the first decade of
its existence (from 2000 to 2011) (more...)

29 March 2012

In its report on
Monaco [theme
I / theme II] published today, GRECO highlights that the incriminations of
bribery and trading in influence suffer from significant deficiencies with
regard to the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption. (more...)

28 February 2012In its first report
on San Marino [report], released today, GRECO highlights that the country is still at an early
stage in the fight against corruption and needs to pay greater attention to
integrity and transparency in the public sector. (more...)

26 January 2012 GRECO calls on the
USA
to ratify the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption,

praises the overall
transparency of political financing but stresses the need to enhance this
transparency in respect of certain types of contributions.
(more...)

13 January 2012

GRECO called for
Austria to ratify the Criminal Law Convention on
Corruption, to fully implement it, and to swiftly and substantially improve
legislation on political funding. (more...)

9 December 2011 GRECO
bids farewell to its President - Drago KOS - and elects a new President,
Vice-President and Bureau Drago KOS (Slovenia), GRECO’s President since 2002, left this important
function on the day of election of a new President, Vice-President and
Bureau at GRECO’s 53rd plenary meeting (5-9 December). Mr Kos’ outstanding
services to the Council of Europe and GRECO were honoured with the
Organisation’s Pro Merito Medal presented to him by Deputy Secretary General
Maud DE BOER-BUQUICCHIO. (more...)

2 December 2011 GRECO called for Switzerland to increase the
effectiveness of criminal law particularly concerning bribery of foreign
public officials and in the private sector, and to adopt legislation on
political funding. (more...

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30 November 2011 Council
of Europe Group of States against Corruption calls for improved anti-bribery
legislation and stricter supervision of political funding in Ukraine
(more...

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17 August 2011 GRECO published report on
Bosnia and Herzegovina
(more...

29 June 2011 Group of States against Corruption today published its
annual report - GRECO Chair Drago Kos calls for more resources to fight
corruption -
Drago Kos, Chair of the Council of Europe Group of
States against Corruption (GRECO), today called for more resources – time
and effort, and ultimately funding – for fighting corruption in Europe, and
at global level.
(more...

28 March 2011 GRECO an exemplary standard for international
anti-corruption, says Deputy Secretary General -
The Deputy Secretary General made an introductory speech at the GRECO on
the occasion of its 50th Plenary Meeting. She underlined that, over the past
11 years, GRECO has set an exemplary standard for international
anti-corruption. (more...)

9 December 2010 International Anti-Corruption Day
- GRECO President Drago Kos: “We need further cooperation
with the EU in the fight against corruption” - Drago Kos, President of the Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption, today
issued the following statement to mark the International Anti-Corruption
Day. (more...)

8 December 2010 GRECO published its Third Round Evaluation Report on
Portugal - (more...)

6 December 2010 GRECO published its Third Round Evaluation Report on
Serbia - (more...)

18 November 2010 GRECO published its Third Round Evaluation Report on
Azerbaijan - (more...)

10 November 2010 GRECO published its Third Round Evaluation Report on
Bulgaria - (more...)

30 September 2010 Exchange of
views with Global Organization of Parliamentarians against Corruption
(GOPAC)In the context of the preparation of its Fourth Evaluation Round, GRECO
held an exchange of views on Corruption Prevention in Parliamentary
Assemblies with the participation of Mr Ghassan E. MOUKHEIBER, Global
Organization of Parliamentarians against Corruption (GOPAC) and Chair of
GOPAC’s
Global Task Force on Parliamentary Ethics, as keynote speaker.
From left to right: M. Mrcela (GRECO
Vice-President),
G.E. Moukheiber (GOPAC), W. Rau (Executive Secretary of GRECO)

30 August 2010 GRECO published today its
Third Round Evaluation Report on

17 September 2009Criminalisation of corruption and transparency of party funding in
Albania are the focus of a report published by the Council of Europe’s
Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) today. (more...

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20 August 2009 High-level Conference on the occasion of GRECO’s 10th Anniversary - Strasbourg, 5 October 2009
- In October 2009, 10 years will have elapsed since 21 member States of the
Council of Europe gathered in Strasbourg on the occasion of the first
plenary meeting of the Group of States against Corruption – GRECO. (read
more...

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22 June 2009 GRECO published its Third Round Evaluation Report on
Belgium, following the agreement of the authorities.
(more...

22 April 2008 GRECO published
a summary record of a Tour de Table on the issue of revolving doors/pantouflage, including presentations made by experts from four
countries which have detailed regulations governing the movement of public
officials to to the private sector [link].

16 April 2008 GRECO published its Third Round Evaluation Report on
Iceland. (more...)

24 May 2007 The 33rd plenary meeting of the Council of Europe Group of States
against Corruption (GRECO) devoted to a training workshop on
incriminations within the Third Evaluation Round (29 May) and the
examination of reports in the framework of the First and Second Evaluation
Rounds (30 May-1 June). (more...)

7
February 2007 GRECO published
its Joint First and Second Round Evaluation Report on Andorra (more...)

1
February 2007 The Russian Federation becomes 44th member of the Group of States
against Corruption (GRECO)
(more...)

31 January
2007 GRECO published report on
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
(more...)

15 January
2007
GRECO published

report on
Georgia
(more...)9 January 2007GRECO published report on the Republic of
Montenegro (more...)